Alice Moore Hubbard
American activist (1861–1915)
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Alice Moore Hubbard (June 7, 1861 – May 7, 1915) was a noted American feminist and writer. She and her husband, Elbert Hubbard, were leading figures in the Roycroft movement, a branch of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England with which it was contemporary. Moore Hubbard served as the general manager for the collective, along with managing the Roycraft Inn.[1] She was also the principal of Roycroft School for Boys.[2]
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June 7, 1861
Alice Moore Hubbard | |
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| Born | Alice Luann Moore June 7, 1861 Wales, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 1915 (aged 53) |
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Elbert Hubbard (m. 1904) |
| Children | Miriam Elberta Hubbard |
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Born Alice Luann Moore in Wales, New York to Welcome Moore and Melinda Bush, she was a schoolteacher before meeting her future husband, the married soap salesman and philosopher Elbert Hubbard whom she married in 1904 after a controversial affair in which she bore an illegitimate child, Miriam Elberta Hubbard (1894–1985).[citation needed]
On March 3, 1913, Hubbard marched in the first Washington, D.C. suffragist parade.[3]
The couple died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during the First World War while on a voyage to Europe to cover the war and ultimately interview Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.[4][5]
Selected works
- Justinian and Theodora, 1906; with Elbert Hubbard
- Woman's Work, 1908
- Life Lessons, 1909
- The Basis of Marriage, 1910, includes an interview with Hubbard by Sophie Irene Loeb
- The Myth in Marriage, 1912
